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It’s a beautiful spring day in New England as I walk into a training facility known as Athletic Revolution (AR) South Shore in Pembroke, MA. And there stands some of my favorite people on planet earth, Coach Dave Gleason and his wife Andrea. After receiving my personal welcome, (which everyone who enters receives) we begin to prepare for the task at hand.

I’m there to support my friends Dave and Andrea and their amazing work, by capturing a bit of it for a TV segment for New England Cable News (NECN). But I know it’s so much more. Because it always is when I’m with him. I know I’m there to learn, to be a part of something special, to build one another up, and to leave each other as better coaches and people. And we do. We always do.

And so do his clients. Kids that don’t say a word when they enter leave empowered and filled with energy, parents that sit quietly watching, approach me in private after the video shoot in tears sharing what this “place” means to them and their children. You see and feel and come to KNOW that this “place” is more than a fitness facility and a group of people running around and having some fun (which absolutely happens, and it’s GOOD, but it’s so much more) together. And it is…more…

It is a family. A place where people have a voice. A place where they encourage each other, work through challenges together and establish foundations that will serve them and others well beyond their time at AR South Shore.

Dave Gleason can say all he wants. His resume can too. The way he carries himself might just be enough. But when you SEE and FEEL what’s happening within their community, you realize that it’s much more. And that’s the standard I choose to use to measure my friend. Because it’s one of the highest of standards; the change you create and activate as a coach.

And Dave will bring that to Phoenix. It’s who he is, and it’s what he does. It’s a calling he honors well, and he’ll encourage and activate you to do the same.

Thank you Dave.

#eyesupriseup

DJ

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Coach Dave Gleason:

Owner/Head Coach Athletic Revolution, Pembroke MA

Keene State College 1993 – BS Physical Education/Health and Fitness

NSCA – Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

IYCA – Youth Fitness/Conditioning Specialist – Level III

IYCA – Youth Speed and Agility Specialist – Level I

IYCA – High School Strength and Conditioning Specialist

2010 IYCA Trainer of the Year

IYCA Director of Youth Performance

Athletic Revolution International Director of Programming

Co-Author IYCA Game Play Performance

Co-Author IYCA Big Book of Programs

Co-Author IYCA Complete Athlete Development

Co-Author IYCA Youth Speed Development

Dave is also a consultant to Reebok International, Adidas (USA) and a consultant to trainers, coaches, physical educators, youth sports organizations and public school systems K-12.